Author Archives: reelentropy

After 22 years of waiting on de-aging technology, ‘Gemini Man’ can’t digitally enhance its limp script

Posted on October 16, 2019

3/10 Gemini Man, and its key concept of using one actor in two roles as both the lead character and his clone, has been in development in some form since 1997, when writer Darren Lemke sold the concept to Disney. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #ang lee, #mary elizabeth winstead, #Netflix, #paramount pictures, #will smith, Benedict Wong, Clive Owen, Gemini Man, High Frame Rate, Looper, Star Trek: Nemesis | 1 Comment

Adaptation leaps into 21st century, doesn’t bring ‘Addams Family’ with it

Posted on October 16, 2019

3/10 I didn’t really know how I felt about The Addams Family as a property going into last weekend. The Barry Sonnenfeld movies straddle my birth in 1992, causing them to have a massive cultural influence on me despite my … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #charlize theron, #donald trump, #Oscar Isaac, Addams Family, Angelica Huston, Anti-Semitism, Barry Sonnenfeld, chloe grace moretz, Christina Ricci, Finn Wolfhard, intentional community, Joker, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, New Jersey, The Addams Family | Leave a comment

Unfortunately, we live in a society

Posted on October 9, 2019

5/10 Joker has been the talk of film media pretty much constantly since its Venice Film Festival debut Aug. 31 where it earned an eight-minute ovation and the Golden Lion. Between critical adulation and emerging worry that the film’s release … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, Uncategorized | Tagged #aurora theater, #batman begins, #bernie sanders, #donald trump, #hillary clinton, #man of steel, #martin scorsese, #robert de niro, #suicide squad, #the dark knight, #venice film festival, #warner bros., 13 Reasons Why, Contrapoints, DCEU, Golden Lion, Heath Ledger, Hildur Guðnadóttir, incels, It's extremely both, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Lawrence Sher, Scott Silver, Taxi Driver, Todd Phillips, We live in a society | Leave a comment

‘Judy’ is everything you’ve come to hate about Oscarbate

Posted on October 3, 2019

2/10 The highest praise you could give Judy that it’s a comprehensive rundown in the poorest, most predictable instincts that go into making this kind of movie and a master class in what not to do. The film recalls the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #oscars, Academy Awards, Finn Wittrock, Judy, Judy Garland, Renee Zellweger | Leave a comment

‘Ad Astra’ is the terrible, majestic, urgent space opera for our time

Posted on September 21, 2019

10/10 In space, no one can hear you scream. No one can hear you do or say anything at all, in fact. That’s because in space, there’s usually no one else there. In the near future, the United States Space … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #2001: a space odyssey, #alien, #black panther, #brad pitt, #donald trump, #interstellar, #star wars, #the martian, Ad Astra, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, James Gray, Moon pirates, Tommy Lee Jones | Leave a comment

Author Archives: reelentropy

After 22 years of waiting on de-aging technology, ‘Gemini Man’ can’t digitally enhance its limp script

Adaptation leaps into 21st century, doesn’t bring ‘Addams Family’ with it

Unfortunately, we live in a society

‘Judy’ is everything you’ve come to hate about Oscarbate

‘Ad Astra’ is the terrible, majestic, urgent space opera for our time

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